Post-cap.



'P. J. WEBER.

POST GAR, APPLICATION FILED JULY 1. 1912.

Patented Apr. 22,1913.

PETER J. WEBER, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Julyll, 1912. 1 Serial No. 707,087".

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1,; PETER J WEBER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Chicago, Cook count-y, IlliT- no-is, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Post-Caps, of which the following. is a specification.

My invention relates to the post caps employed in the construction; of buildings in which either steel or woodbeams are empltged for the frames thereof.

enerally stated, the object of my invention is to provide a 1110x 81 andhighly efficient post cap made of iron or steel and adapted for usein supporting the floor girders on the posts or .uprights of the frame. p i

A special object is to provide a novel and improved construction. whereby channel iron orsteel maybe: advantageously .used for supporting the ends of !the :girders or other frame members.

It is also an object, to provide certain novel features of construction tending to increase the eflicielncy and serviceability ofa post cap of this particular character.

To the foregoing and :ot-herusefuh ends, my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a post cap embodying the principles: of my invention, showing the upper and lower posts and the joists in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is. an end elevation of the said cap, showing the in dotted lines. Figs. 3-.an 4 are similar views, showing how my improved construction may be readily adapted. for use as a so-called four way post cap.

As thus illustrated, and referring to Figs.

1 and 2, my invention comprises a pair of side members A of angle iron or steel, said members having vertical flanges a that bear against the sidesof'the post B and horizontal flanges a that rest upon the top of the said post. If the post is wideenough to require it, a filler plate a9: is placed. between the edges of the flanges a ontop of thesaid post, the said plate beingthe same in length as the said side members. The two parallel members A are connected at their opposite ends by means of transverse. end bars C, each said end bar beingof channel iron with the channel thereof facing upward. These channel irons, or pieces of channel steel, are riveted to the s1de members A, and serve to (posts and joists support the ends of the girders D. Eachi girder is providedat its end with a recess Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

(Z which engages the inner vertical flangec of the channel iron, and is provided on its lower surface with a transverse notch al which engages the outer vertical flangec of the said channel iron. Thus the girders are not only firmly and solidly supported;

but are also tied to the post cap and held against endwise .displacement therefrom.

As shown insaidFigspl and 2, my inven-- tion takes the form of a so-called two-way post cap.-that is to say, a cap adapted to receive the two opposite ends of one or more girders.

In Figs. Eland 4, my invention takes the 1 form of a so-called four way post cap adapted to receive the 1 pose the construction 1s exactly the same as that previously described, except that .in rovided with brackets E which are secure to the;

80. I a little above the upper edges of the chanthat is to say, a cap t ends. of girders an joists. For this pur-.

this case the s1de members A are sides of said members, and which extend nel iron end bars, or substantially in the plane thereof, the exact form and position of the brackets being unimportant. Each bracket E has a flat top 6, and in this way the. said brackets are adapted to support the ends of the joists or other frame members F,whereby a so'called four way post:

connection is made. The seat provided by the top c of each bracket is disposed above either steel or wood construction, depending upon the character ofthe building or structure in which it is employed. The channel iron or steel end bars of the caps are capable of supporting great weight, by rea' son of the channel formation thereof,1 and the tops of the angle side members A, to; support the. frame members F in position;

My improved post capmay be used for are also, and for the same reason, adapted to tie the girders or other frame members to the posts, and prevent displacement thereof.

Also, it will be seen, these channel end bars serve to tie the side members A together. and to prevent a lateral displacement of the latter, whereby the same are held in fixed relation to each other at opposite sides of the top of the post. With. this construction the cap can be made toiit any size of post, within limits, without using different materials, and without necessitating the use i of different dies or tools. For example, the i space between the flanges can be two feet,

if such is necessary or desirable, or it can,

ars A, or :upon the filler plate a that is to say, do 'not directly engage these elements ofconstruction, but to the contrary are directly engaged only with the end bars C,

and with no other parts of the construction.

bers which are spaced apart, and which rest jon the top of the post, end bars for connecting together theopposite ends of said There is, thereto-re, no direct strain impartedby the structural members to the cap ro er the strain in each case bein com-' municated through a channel iron to the elements, which form the cap proper.

, quently, there is no danger of the cap betire weight. of the girders andjoists is com municated directly to the, cap proper, which wise displacement from the cap;

ing, used in such a mannerthat the girders or joists do not rest at all upon the chanl 'plane of said inturned flanges, held against nel ironsC, or in-such manner that the enwould be objectionable; Again, and by referringto Figs. 1 and 3, it will be seenthat the flanges (Z of the channel bars overlap the j top-[of the post, whereby the strain on the. overhanging portions of'the post cap is considerably reduced.

i What I claim as my invention is:

1. Apostcap comprising angle side members which are spaced apart, and which have inturned flanges that restxon the top of the v post, the other flanges of said members em- :tion to each other, eachtend bar serving to' bracing the same post, andend barsafor con.

.necting together the opposite ends of said i l I a placement from the cap, and the-inner edges members, securedto said inturned flanges,

forming seats for the .ends of girders, joists or other structural members, and for holdingsaid angle side members in fixed relation to each other, each end bar serving to hold. a joist or girder against endwise displacement from the cap;

2. A post cap comprisingangle side memberslwhich'are spaced apart, and which have Copies ofrthisipatent: may bevobtainedifor five cents each; by addressing the Commissioner of Iatentsn Conse- "inturned flanges that rest on the top of the post,- the other flanges of said members embracing the same post, channel end bars for connecting together the opposite ends of said members, secured to said inturned flanges, forming seats for the ends otgirders, joists or other structural members, and

' for holdingsaidangleside members in fixed relation to each other, said channel bars a having the channels thereof facing upward,

the said joists or other structural members being notched to engage the outer flanges vof said channel bars, each end bar serving I to hold a joist or girder against endwise displacement from the cap.

3. A post cap comprising angle side meme members, secured to said inturned flanges, forming seats for the ends of glrders, oists or other structural members, and for bold L i ing said angle side members in fixed rela tion to each other, and a filler plate inthe displacemehtby said end bars, each endz bar.

f 4.. A post-cap comprising angle side members which'are spaced apart, and which have inturned flanges that rest on the top of the post, the other flanges of said members embracing the same post, end bars for corn meeting, together the opposite ends of said members, secured to said inturned flanges, 1 forming seats for the ends of girders, joists or other structural members, and for hold ing said angle side members in fixed rela:

hold a j oist or girderagainst endwise dis:-

i i of said end bars overlappingthe top of the post. V v I Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 26th day of J une, 1912.;

PETER J. WEBER...

Witnesses:

H. T. KNUDsoN, E. HJ-CLEGG.

Washington, D, G." 

